Airplanes

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  • First airplane

    The first airplane to have been created was made by Orville and Wilbur Wright. On December 17, 1903

  • First airplane unassisted by catapult

    In 1906, Alberto Santos Dumont made what was claimed to be the first airplane flight unassisted by catapult and set the first world record recognized by the Aéro-Club de France by flying 220 meters in less than 22 seconds. This flight was also certified by the FAI

  • First time an airplane had crossed the atlantic

    Alcock and Brown crossed the Atlantic non-stop for the first time in 1919

  • Jet engines

    Two engineers, Frank Whittle of the United Kingdom and Hans von Ohain of Germany, developed the jet engine during the late 1930s.

  • First operational jet powered airplane

    The first 'operational' jet aircraft was the German Heinkel He 178, which was tested in 1939

  • First operational jet fighter aircraft

    In 1943, the Messerschmitt Me 262, the first 'operational' jet fighter aircraft